Mists of Pandaria Internal Alpha Started
A lot of people have been asking me when we should expect a MoP beta or more updates on the game, and the answer to that question is simple: soon. All the recent events indicate that the internal alpha testing already started:

The old WoW2 Battle.net accounts used for the Cataclysm Beta have finally been removed from some players Battle.net pages.

The recent update of the official talent calculator had multiple spells tagged as "NYI" (Not Yet Implemented). This is what we see in Alpha/Beta stages of the game to indicate that a spell doesn't work in-game yet.

Community Managers have posted actual screenshots of new spells tooltips in-game. It means they have a server they can easily connect to for that, and it's most likely the biggest proof.

Now what does it mean for players? First, let's be clear, this is the internal alpha and it is different from the Friend & Family Alpha where non-Blizzard employees can play as long as they know someone in the company. This one would be restricted to employees only and Blizzard executives are probably watching anything happening there very closely.

However, it definitely means that if everything goes well we should see a Friend & Family Alpha or a Beta within one or two month, and the Mists of Pandaria press tour on March 19 is most likely a way to prepare fansites to that. For Cataclysm, the press tour happened about 2 weeks before the start of the closed beta.

I don't mean to sound negative or anything but is there an actual proof of that alpha already happening? Those 3 points are interesting with the 3rd one seeming as the strongest one but is it really? Technically they had a server with MoP up on Blizzcon already, people played as pandas there. And it would seem logical they will have some test realm as soon as there is something to put on it but calling it alpha testing seems... Not correct let's say.

I doubt MoP is going to be released THAT early. I'm going more for a late summer/early fall release. Either way - until then I hope we get something to at least waste more time with until then. who knows.

There are no leaks, there's no alpha, there's no beta.This is internal, it'll last at least a month before they open it up to friends and family. Then a few months later it'll go beta.Don't you get it? We've been had. Alpha'll start at the press event and Beta over the summer. Annual pass was a scam to get us to pay for a year and Blizz wouldn't need to release any content. Pushing my release date back a month, November launch for MoP. My subscription is as good as done.

I doubt MoP is going to be released THAT early. I'm going more for a late summer/early fall release. Either way - until then I hope we get something to at least waste more time with until then. who knows.

Better not be, considering what they sacrificed from cataclysm to speed up MoP development. No later then June IMO. They scrapped 6 months worth of content for MoP to come out 6 month sooner, it better come out 6 month sooner.

There are no leaks, there's no alpha, there's no beta.This is internal, it'll last at least a month before they open it up to friends and family. Then a few months later it'll go beta.Don't you get it? We've been had. Alpha'll start at the press event and Beta over the summer. Annual pass was a scam to get us to pay for a year and Blizz wouldn't need to release any content. Pushing my release date back a month, November launch for MoP. My subscription is as good as done.

Or they almost had buying mop? i believe it was add to months, meaning they wanted u to try the game out with annual pass, aka it would come out early.

There are no leaks, there's no alpha, there's no beta.This is internal, it'll last at least a month before they open it up to friends and family. Then a few months later it'll go beta.Don't you get it? We've been had. Alpha'll start at the press event and Beta over the summer. Annual pass was a scam to get us to pay for a year and Blizz wouldn't need to release any content. Pushing my release date back a month, November launch for MoP. My subscription is as good as done.

Normally i would say that you are going delusional, but since they have to do a closed alpha, then a friends and family beta, then the open beta. Im afraid you might be right!. We might see MoP on August or late October, and the whole Diablo 3 deal was a way to keep people subscribed untill MoP without releasing new content.